ACORN CHILDREN'S CLUB

Registered charity 803672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer breakfast club, after school club, extra pick ups and holiday schemes for children between the ages of 4 and 11 years old. Children come from four local schools Stillness Infant, Stillness Junior, Dalmain and William of York.We currently have capacity for 50 places per day.

Objects

A. TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 11 OR ATTENDING SCHOOL WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY ACKROYD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (THEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WHICH CHILDREN ARE IN NEED OF CARE DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH CHILDREN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. B. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS PROVIDING SUCH CARE AND EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: AS DEFINED IN CONSTITION

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £32,620 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £125,783 to £93,163. The trustees note that expenses rose by £17,140 while income decreased by £25,656, and they are addressing the resulting deficit. The charity maintains a reserves policy to hold free reserves equivalent to at least three months of operating expenses to cover unforeseen circumstances.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daisy Janeschair
• Aimee Lewis
• JEAN DIALA ANN LEADER · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Bevan
• Laura Robinson
• Stephen Alastair Christmas
• Victoria Walker

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Common questions

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• ACORNS EARLY YEARS CENTRE income £865k
• KINNERTON LITTLE ACORNS income £212k
• ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL income £219k
• POPPLETON SCHOOL'S OUT CLUB income £160k

Side by side with its peers

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